The Gown Student Newspaper at Queen's University Belfast

ARTS: Try the QFT

Fancy a trip to the cinema uninterrupted by the slurping of drinks and munching of popcorn? Want to challenge your mind beyond what the latest generic rom-com instalment at the average multiplex can offer? For a cinematic experience unparalleled in the rest of Belfast, QFT is a haven from the moment of entry. Surrounded by framed black and white images of scenes from classic movies, it’s clear that QFT is a movie lovers’ cinema, for appreciators of the pure exhilaration and joy brought by a good film.

Emma Creen

As a champion of European cinema, QFT is the only place to offer subtitled gems such as the recent ‘Broken Embraces’ and ‘Coco Before Chanel’, as well as quirky indie flicks unlikely to ever see a mainstream cinema in Belfast. It is also regularly host to screenings of resurrected classic films, from ‘Casablanca’ to ‘The Breakfast Club’. ‘But we could just get the DVD!’ you may cry. But watching something from a bygone era, in black and white and in the dark of a proper cinema, really does create an ambiance that one imagines would have existed back in the days when a now vintage film was the big release of the year. Now there’s something you would never get with an upgrade to a large popcorn combo for an extra 30p…

Tags: Art house, feature, film, QFT, retro, student

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